The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB238,1
1Section
1. 769.101 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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769.101
(6) "Income-withholding order" means an order, notice
, or other legal
3process directed to an obligor's employer or other debtor
, as specified in s. 767.75 (1f), 4to withhold support from the income of, or other money owed to, the obligor.
AB238,2
5Section
2. 769.101 (13p) of the statutes is created to read:
AB238,2,96
769.101
(13p) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust,
7estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture,
8public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency,
9instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
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769.103
(1) Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not affect
13the availability of remedies under other law
or the recognition of a foreign support
14order on the basis of comity.
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769.307
(2) (intro.) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing
18services to the petitioner shall do all of the following as
appropriate applicable:
AB238,3,6
1769.501 Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another
2state. An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on
3behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the obligor's employer
4or other debtor, as specified in s. 767.75 (1f), without first filing a petition or
5comparable pleading or registering the income-withholding order with a tribunal of
6this state.
AB238,6
7Section
6. 769.502 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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769.502
(3) (b) The person
or agency designated to receive payments and the
9address to which the payments are to be forwarded.
AB238,7
10Section
7. 769.506 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB238,3,1211
769.506
(2) (c) Except as provided in par. (d), the person
or agency designated
12to receive payments in the income-withholding order.
AB238,8
13Section
8. 769.506 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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769.506
(2) (d) If no person
or agency is designated to receive payments in the
15income-withholding order, the obligee.
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769.611
(1) (a) 1.
The Neither the child,
nor the obligee who is an individual,
19and nor the obligor
do not reside resides in the issuing state.
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769.708
(3) (intro.) If a tribunal of this state does not recognize a convention
23support order under sub. (2) (b), (d),
(f), or (i), both of the following apply:
AB238,4,52[
2009 Wisconsin Act 321] Section 172m
(1c)
This Except as provided in
3subsection (2), this act takes effect on the date stated in the notice published in the
4Wisconsin Administrative Register under section 769.904 of the statutes, as created
5by this act, or on December 18, 2015, whichever is earlier
.
AB238,4,87[
2009 Wisconsin Act 321] Section 172m
(2)
The creation of section 769.904 of
8the statutes takes effect on the day after publication.
AB238,4,1010
(1)
This act takes effect on December 18, 2015.